Avesoro Resources Inc. – Notice of annual general meeting

TORONO, April 26, 2018 /CNW/ – Avesoro Resources Inc. (“Avesoro” or the “Company”), the TSX and AIM listed West African gold producer, is pleased to announce that the annual general meeting of shareholders of the Company will be held at the offices of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Tower 42, Level 21, 25 Old Broad Street, London, EC2N 1HQ, United Kingdom, on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. (British Summer Time).

The notice of meeting, information circular and other meeting materials (the “Proxy Materials”) have been filed under the Company’s profile on www.sedar.com. A copy of the Proxy Materials and the annual accounts for the year ended December 31, 2017 (the “Accounts”) have been distributed to registered shareholders of the Company. Electronic copies of the Accounts and the Proxy Materials are available on the Company’s website at www.avesoro.com.

Avesoro Resources is a West Africa focused gold producer and development company that operates three gold mines across West Africa and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) and the AIM market operated by the London Stock Exchange (“AIM”). The Company’s assets include the New Liberty Gold Mine in Liberia (the “New Liberty Gold Mine” or “New Liberty”) and the Youga and Balogo Gold mines in Burkina Faso (“Youga” and “Balogo”).

New Liberty has an estimated proven and probable mineral reserve of 7.4Mt with 717,000 ounces of gold grading 3.03g/t and an estimated measured and indicated mineral resource of 9.6Mt with 985,000 ounces of gold grading 3.2g/t and an estimated inferred mineral resource of 6.4Mt with 620,000 ounces of gold grading 3.0g/t. The foregoing Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates and additional information in connection therewith is set out in an NI 43-101 compliant Technical Report dated November 1, 2017 and entitled “New Liberty Gold Mine, Bea Mountain Mining Licence Southern Block, Liberia, West Africa” and is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Youga and Balogo have a combined estimated proven and probable mineral reserve of 9.3Mt with 513,000 ounces of gold grading 1.7g/t and a combined estimated indicated mineral resource of 16.05Mt with 801,600 ounces of gold grading 1.55g/t and a combined inferred mineral resource of 13Mt with 655,000 ounces of gold grading 1.57g/t. The foregoing Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource estimates and additional information in connection therewith is set out in two NI 43-101 compliant Technical Reports, dated June 16, 2017 entitled “Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Update for the Balogo Project” and dated June 19, 2017 and entitled “Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Update for the Youga and Ouaré Projects” and are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Qualified Persons

The Company’s Qualified Person is Mark J. Pryor, who holds a BSc (Hons) in Geology & Mineralogy from Aberdeen University, United Kingdom and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists and a registered Professional Natural Scientist (Pr.Sci.Nat) of the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions. Mark Pryor is an independent technical consultant with over 25 years of global experience in exploration, mining and mine development and is a “Qualified Person” as defined in National Instrument 43 -101 “Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects” of the Canadian Securities Administrators and has reviewed and approved this press release. Mr. Pryor has verified the underlying technical data disclosed in this press release.

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